mongols . like in 127 ##2 , the burmese government responded by sending an army to reclaim the rebellious state ; but unlike in 127 ##2 , the mongols had posted a sizable garrison there . though it was ultimately under mongol command , many of the officers and most of the soldiers of the garrison were turkic @ - @ speaking peoples or people from the further west : turks from sam ##ark ##and , bu ##khar ##a , mer ##v and ni ##sha ##pur , but also captive soldiers from the persian k ##hwa ##raz ##mi ##d empire , the ki ##pc ##hak ##s , and even bu ##lga ##rs from the lower volga . what followed was a border war in 127 ##7 – 78
mongols. like in 1272, the burmese government responded by sending an army to reclaim the rebellious state ; but unlike in 1272, the mongols had posted a sizable garrison there. though it was ultimately under mongol command, many of the officers and most of the soldiers of the garrison were turkic @ - @ speaking peoples or people from the further west : turks from samarkand, bukhara, merv and nishapur, but also captive soldiers from the persian khwarazmid empire, the kipchaks, and even bulgars from the lower volga. what followed was a border war in 1277 – 78